The Virodene affair

This excellent series of articles by James Myburgh documents Thabo Mbeki's involvement with the developers of discredited AIDS treatment Virodene. It was published on politicsweb.co.za in September 2007.

• The Virodene affair (I): The secret history of the ANC’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• The Virodene affair (II): How Mbeki and Nkosazana Zuma allied with the Vissers against the MCC
• The Virodene affair (III): How the MCC was eventually taken out; and why Virodene was nonetheless still banned in SA
• The Virodene affair (IV): How the involvement in Virodene led to Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS ‘denialism’
• The Virodene affair (V): How the efficacy of Virodene was finally put to the test, and why the war on anti-retrovirals ended

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